WATCH: Cowley's reaction

Full-time: Imps 2-2 Carlisle

There was a penalty appeal in added time of added time when Andrade’s shot hit a defender but it would have been very harsh. Carlisle deserve their point

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Added time

Two minutes

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89 mins

Green inside the box but he drags his effort wide. Chances at the death for the Imps

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Off the line!

Akinde pokes the ball past the keeper, it’s looks goal-bound but it’s hacked off the line. What a clearance!

21:34

87 mins

A deflected Carlisle cross flies across the face of the Imps’ goal. The visitors aren’t just settling for a point

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Attendance

9,119 (146 visitors).

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79 mins

Pett jinks into the box and his intended pass to Andrade is put behind for a corner by a defender. The corner comes to nothing

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77 mins

Not much happening for the Imps with passes going astray. It’s got a draw written all over it at the moment

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75 mins

The ref has come over to have a word with Danny Cowley, but there’s no card for the Imps boss or his assistant Nicky

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Imps sub (74)

Green for McCartan

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73 mins

Matt Green getting ready to come on

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72 mins

The game has gone a bit scrappy. The Imps aren’t playing with the fluency they did in the first half

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69 mins

Carlisle have just had a decent little spell with a couple of long-range efforts missing the target

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66 mins

The Imps are pushing for a second goal but the final ball isn’t quite there at the moment

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58 mins

Great play from Pett, who supplies Akinde but his shot is beaten away by the keeper

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55 mins

Akinde does well to shake off a challenge and get inside the box but his cut-back is behind his teammates

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53 mins

The Imps were lucky there as the ball appeared to strike the arm of Wharton in the box. The arm appeared to move towards the ball

20:58

Imps sub (52)

Akinde for Rhead

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52 mins

John Akinde getting ready to come on

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50 mins

Not much to report in the second half so far

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Second half underway

20:51

Second half coming up

The Imps have re-emerged after keeping the visitors waiting

20:49

First half report

Roared on by a sell-out home crowd, the Imps made a lively start before being stunned as the visitors took the lead on six minutes.

Adam Campbell slotted a perfectly-timed through ball to Ashley Nadesan, who clipped the ball over the on-rushing Josh Vickers and into the net.

The goal did little to stem the Imps’ momentum and the home side were deservedly level on 12 minutes when a loose ball dropped to Michael O’Connor, who thumped home an unstoppable low drive from more than 20 yards out.

City pressed for another goal before gifting Carlisle a second against the run of play when Scott Wharton’s weak header back to Vickers was pounced on by Nadesan, who slotted home his second goal.

The Imps suffered another blow just past the half-hour mark when key defender Neal Eardley limped off through injury and was replaced by James Wilson.

But Lincoln continued to pin the Cumbrians back in the run-up to half-time and drew level again when Bruno Andrade’s left-wing free-kick, an intended cross, took a couple of deflections before creeping over the line.

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Half-time: Imps 2-2 Carlisle

A breathless first half. The Imps should really be leading but it’s all square

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Added time

Five minutes

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45 mins

The goal was a bit of a mess from a Carlisle point of view. Andrade’s intended cross seemed to take a couple of deflection before creeping into the net

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Goal City!

It’s 2-2 after Andrade’s free-kick takes a deflection and finds the net